Interpellate
vt. 质询, 要求说明\\n[法] 质询
📖 牛津释义
interpellate
v[Tn]
(in some parliaments, eg the French and Japanese) question (a government Minister) about a matter of government policy, thus interrupting parliamentary proceedings （在某些议会中如法国和日本）（就政府政策）质询（部长或大臣）而中断议会议程.
🗣️ 情景例句
Some feel that the media has too much power these days.
有人认为现在媒体的影响力太大了。
What do you mean by that?
你这话是什么意思？
Then, instead of having someone answering the phone all day, people can ring up the railway station and listen to a tape recording of the information.
然后，人们可以打电话到火车站，从录音电话中获取信息，而不要安排一个专人整天接电话。